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5,229 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (446)

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82/1009:56Maybe just eat the bean gooC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

82/1008:02AUTOSarah Shahi on The Sopranos with James Gandolfini, Season 3 of Paradise & Giving Good AdviceB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

82/10011:26The Fluid Effects That Kill PumpsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

82/10024:20This Ball is Impossible to HitB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMark Rober

82/1007:56Orangutan Communication is Eerily Similar to OursC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

82/10011:34What Really Happened at the Suez Canal?C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

82/1001:16:14AUTOTrump: Send National Guard to SF, China Rare Earths Trade War, AI's PR CrisisB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

82/10012:42Flow and Pressure in Pipes ExplainedB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

82/10023:59YouTube Shorts is Changing YouTube - Smarter Every Day 266B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

82/1001:34:32AUTOEx-Pentagon Official: The U.S Isn't Telling The Truth! Top-Secret UFO Encounters Finally Uncovered!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

82/1002:21:31AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2460 - Rachel WilsonB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

82/10025:33Who Really Got to the North Pole First?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris

82/1002:41:26AUTOAccelerate Learning & Increase Cognitive Capacity | Dr. Tommy WoodB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

82/10013:49AUTOWhat Every Builder Should Know About Installed ServicesB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

82/10013:14Why we need so much lithiumB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVox

82/10018:41AUTOWorld's Largest Gathering of GINGERS (WTF?!)B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

82/10013:54Why Sudan is on the Verge of Civil War, MappedB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

82/10021:52Your Olive Oil is (probably) a LieB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

82/10023:07Why Does This Ancient 20,000 person Underground City Exist? (Derinkuyu)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastYes Theory

82/10018:40Why Construction Projects Always Go Over BudgetB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

82/10013:30Lying and 6 Other Things Babies Learn EarlyB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastSciShow

82/10014:59XO, Kitty Cast Reveal Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

82/1001:07:56AUTOAll-In's Best Ideas Pitch Competition: 4 Investors Present Their Top Trades LiveB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

82/1003:04:22Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #414B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

English channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	TED-Ed	27–91	50	B2-C2	medium	192	19 h
2	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
3	TED	22–87	58	B1-C2	fast	69	16 h
4	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B1-C2	fast	137	39 h
5	Real Engineering	47–86	64	C1-C2	fast	76	30 h
6	Technology Connections	56–90	67	B2-C2	fast	89	47 h
7	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
8	Veritasium	48–92	69	B2-C2	fast	118	56 h
9	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B1-C1	fast	127	377 h
10	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	109	98 h
11	Acquired	33–91	71	B2-C2	fast	86	221 h
12	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
13	ColdFusion	55–86	72	B2-C2	fast	118	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	93	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-C1	fast	122	41 h
16	Andrew Huberman	45–95	74	B2-C2	fast	145	238 h
17	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
18	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	117	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	B2-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	B2-C2	fast	197	48 h
21	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-C1	fast	196	42 h
22	WIRED	26–91	77	B1-C2	fast	73	28 h
23	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-C1	fast	96	28 h
24	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-C2	fast	152	316 h
25	All-In Podcast	45–90	81	B2-C2	fast	132	143 h
26	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
27	Matt Risinger	55–92	83	B2-C2	very fast	140	54 h
28	Doug DeMuro	65–90	83	B1-C2	very fast	141	100 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-C1	very fast	32	6 h
30	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-C1	very fast	132	72 h
31	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B1-C2	very fast	54	32 h
32	Adam Ragusea	24–96	87	B2-C2	very fast	186	54 h
33	Marques Brownlee	53–92	87	B2-C2	very fast	127	28 h
34	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
35	This Old House	58–94	88	B1-C2	very fast	90	46 h
36	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C2	very fast	43	15 h
37	Joshua Weissman	64–96	90	B2-C2	very fast	117	45 h
38	3Blue1Brown	80–94	91	B2-C2	very fast	58	24 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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